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Bucky

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10. It's not a complimentary word

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:28 PM

Apr 2013

Infamy is a negative, but secular word. It means known for badness, just as fame means celebrated for valor. You probably know how FDR used it to describe Pearl Harbor. No one who knows how to read a dictionary wants infamy. It almost shares a prefix with "infidel". But of course "fidelity" and "fame" are unrelated root words.

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Photo link: The early edition of Saturday�s Boston Globe [View all] Tx4obama Apr 2013 OP

Is it such a good thing to say "in everlasting infamy"? Tab Apr 2013 #1

That word is a bit to close to infidel and similar broad religious terms flamingdem Apr 2013 #2

It's not a complimentary word Bucky Apr 2013 #10

You don't understand the mentality we're dealing with flamingdem Apr 2013 #14

Other losers out there looking for attention Danascot Apr 2013 #4

The Newseum has full shot of it here: Princess Turandot Apr 2013 #3

Red Sox had a pre-game ceremony honoring police and others. Anyone know who the man in the wheel- AlinPA Apr 2013 #5

Yes. INFO and VIDEO link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #6

Thanks a lot! AlinPA Apr 2013 #9

It's easy to put a picture in the OP. Sheldon Cooper Apr 2013 #7

I am Carolina Apr 2013 #8

Posting photos Quixote1818 Apr 2013 #12

Many thanks! Carolina Apr 2013 #13

I'm glad to see the murdered officer is getting as much attention as the killers. Bucky Apr 2013 #11